page_title: Government reform of Peter the Great
section_title: Table of Ranks
hierarchical_section_title: Government reform of Peter the Great / Table of Ranks
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Табель о рангах всех чинов, воинских, статских и придворных, которые в котором классе чины; и которые в одном классе, те имеют по старшинству времени вступления в чин между собою, однако ж воинские выше протчих, хотя б и старее кто в том классе пожалован был English: Table of Ranks
context_page_description: The government reforms of Peter I aimed to modernize the Tsardom of Russia based on Western and Central European models.
  Peter ascended to the throne at the age of 10 in 1682; he ruled jointly with his half-brother Ivan V. After Ivan's death in 1696, Peter started his series of sweeping reforms. At first he intended these reforms to support the Great Northern War of 1700-1721; later, more systematic reforms significantly changed the internal structure and administration of the state.
context_section_description: Peter's distrust of the elitist and anti-reformist Boyars culminated in 1722 with the creation of the Table of Ranks (Russian: Табель о рангах; Tabel' o rangakh), a formal list of ranks in the Russian military, government, and royal court. The Table of Ranks established a complex system of titles and honorifics, each classed with a number (I to XIV) denoting a specific level of service or loyalty to the Tsar. The origins of the Table of Ranks lie in Russia's military ranking system, which was also significantly modified and revised under Peter's rule.
  The establishment of the Table of Ranks was among the most audacious of Peter's reforms, a direct blow to the power of the Boyars which changed Russian society significantly. Previously, high-ranking state positions were hereditary, but with the establishment of the Table of Ranks, anyone, including a commoner, could work their way up the bureaucratic hierarchy with sufficient hard work and skill. A new generation of technocrats soon supplanted the old Boyar class and dominated the civil service in Russia. With minimal modifications, the Table of Ranks remained in effect until the Russian Revolution of 1917.
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